[In The Media] Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart” 3-20-12

Posted by Jonathan J. Miller -Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 10:32 PM
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Was invited to be on Bloomberg TV’s Street Smart today with Trish Regan to talk about the outlook for Manhattan housing prices with particular attention paid to reduced bonus compensation. Always fun to go to BB.

True (funny) story just before I did the interview:

I was getting mic’ed up and makeup applied while waiting for my turn on the set when I looked up and standing in front of me was Patrick Doyle of Domino’s Pizza holding a large pizza box as a prop for his appearance (It must have been warm because it smelled great).

I introduced myself and he couldn’t have been nicer, and a bit self conscious standing in a newsroom holding a pizza box. I immediately remembered his latest commercial – my kid’s and I were commenting on it last weekend while watching March Madness. I quipped to him that I had a few ideas that could make me CEO – he cracked a smile and then proceeded to do a great interview – check out his closing line in the commercial so my story makes sense.

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[In The Media] Yahoo! Finance’s The Daily Ticker 3-22-12

Posted by Jonathan J. Miller -Friday, March 23, 2012, 8:40 PM
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Had a fun discussion with Aaron Task and Dan Gross over at Yahoo! Finance’s The Daily Ticker.

Dan Gross wrote a column based on the interview called: Should Fannie Mae Sell Foreclosed Homes in Bulk to Hedge Funds? Dan asks the question:

What could go wrong? Well, as Aaron Task and I discuss with Jonathan Miller, president and chief executive officer of appraisal firm Miller Samuel and proprietor of the authoritative Matrix real estate blog, pretty much everything.

From the heavy comment volume on the post, I’d say the take for Yahoo! Finance readers to Dan’s question was: NO

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CurbedWire: Foreclosures En Route to Rentals; Pinterest and Shelter Media

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NATIONWIDE—It's happening: the process to convert foreclosed properties into viable rentals, that is. Fannie Mae has plans to sell off 2,500 homes throughout L.A., Riverside, Calif., Southeast Florida, Vegas, and more. [WSJ]

THE INTERNET—Looks like newish social media site Pinterest is for more than just making fun of Mitt Romney's penchant for luxury hotels: a bunch of national magazines, including Elle Decor, Country Living, and House Beautiful, report it drives a massive amount of traffic to their respective websites. [previously; Fishbowl NY]

THE INTERNET—It's that time again for Apartment Therapy's Homies awards, honoring home and design blogs. Head over to vote. [Apartment Therapy]

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[In The Media] BBC News 2-28-2012

Posted by Jonathan J. Miller -Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:38 PM
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The Caroline Hepker of the BBC reports on the uptick in short sales on the East End. There are more and the number of high end listings are rising. I’m not clear of the reference for the following statement but she cites that:

For the first time, America’s wealthiest families are now losing their homes at a faster rate than any other group.

For my part, I was asked to discuss the state of national housing market for context. Short sales were not held back by the robo-signing scandal that had the effect of providing a temporary reprieve from foreclosures entering many housing markets across the country.

Short sales are a fact of life everywhere and don’t generally depress housing prices in and of themselves since lenders won’t accept offers that are significantly below current market levels.

House hunting in Hamptons as US market remains depressed [BBC News]

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Social Media Explained (In Donuts)

Posted by Jonathan J. Miller -Monday, February 6, 2012, 5:00 PM
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This was shared with me today via twitter @gabrielfreedom and it just clicked – the best explanation ever made for the various social media tools out there – using a sweeeeeeet analogy – donuts.

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[In The Media] CBS Channel 2 – The IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn Circus

[starts after 15 second commercial]

Last Saturday morning, I was walking along Broadway on the way to our WOR Eye on Real Estate radio show and saw about a dozen media vehicles with satellite dishes and throngs of media types across the street from 71 Broadway – didn’t connect why they were there until Tuesday when I got a call from CBS TV.

Did a quick interview on the street about an hour before airtime. Was played at noon, 5 and 11 yesterday and then this morning. Wow, slow news day

Does a landlord want to put their tenants through this hassle? No.

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[In The Media] Queens Property Prices Rise As First-Quarter Sales Fall

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CeFaan Kim does a nice summary of our semi-complicated not so apparent result – the 1Q 11 report on Queens.

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[In The Media] Bloomberg Television 1-25-11

Pimm Fox does a great job asking the right questions about the region. Glad I also got a chance to elaborate on the Case Shiller numbers released today.

Here’s the full story by Kathleen Howley who pulls together the interviews and Case Shiller report.

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[In The Media] CNBC TV 1-4-11

Here’s a clip on my interview with Diana Olick of CNBC. She’s based in DC – we talk Manhattan real estate via remote from 30 Rock.

Good grief do I look stiff even though I felt relaxed.

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